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E42973-P04398

*** Exercise Your Right to Vote *** Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 18, 2018. TRANSOCEAN LTD. You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above. This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the internet. You may view the proxy materials online at: www.proxyvote.com or easily request a paper copy (see reverse side). We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. TRANSOCEAN LTD. TURMSTRASSE 30 CH-6312 STEINHAUSEN SWITZERLAND proxy materials and voting instructions. E42970-P04398 See the reverse side of this notice to obtain Meeting Information Meeting Type:Annual General For holders as of:April 30, 2018 Date: May 18, 2018Time: 6:30 p.m., Swiss Time Location: Offices of Transocean Ltd. Turmstrasse 30 CH-6312 Steinhausen Switzerland

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals: 1. Approval of the 2017 Annual Report, Including the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the Audited Statutory Financial Statements of Transocean Ltd. for Fiscal Year 2017 Discharge of the Members of the Board of Directors and Executive Management Team From Liability for Activities During Fiscal Year 2017 7. Election of the Members of the Compensation Committee, Each for a Term Extending Until Completion of the Next Annual General Meeting (please mark the boxes next to each nominee) 2. 7A. Frederico F. Curado 7B. Vincent J. Intrieri 3. Appropriation of the Accumulated Loss for Fiscal Year 2017 and Release of CHF 1,500,000,000 of Statutory Capital Reserves from Capital Contribution and Allocation to Free Capital Reserves from Capital Contribution Renewal of Authorized Share Capital Reelection of 11 Directors (5A – 5K), Each for a Term Extending Until Completion of the Next Annual General Meeting (please mark the boxes next to each nominee) 7C. Tan Ek Kia 8. Reelection of Schweiger Advokatur / Notariat as the Independent Proxy for a Term Extending Until Completion of the Next Annual General Meeting Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2018 and Reelection of Ernst & Young Ltd, Zurich, as the Company's Auditor for a Further One-Year Term Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation Prospective Votes on the Maximum Compensation of the Board of Directors and the Executive Management Team, respectively (please mark the boxes next to each item) 4. 5. 9. 5A. Glyn A. Barker 10. 11. 5B. Vanessa C.L. Chang 5C. Frederico F. Curado 5D. Chadwick C. Deaton 11A. Ratification of an amount of US $4,121,000 as the Maximum Aggregate Amount of Compensation of the Board of Directors for the Period Between the 2018 and 2019 Annual General Meetings Ratification of an amount of US $24,000,000 as the Maximum Aggregate Amount of Compensation of the Executive Management Team for Fiscal Year 2019 5E. Vincent J. Intrieri 5F. Samuel J. Merksamer 11B. 5G. Merrill A. "Pete" Miller, Jr. 12. Approval of Amendment to Transocean Ltd. 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan for Additional Reserves 5H. Frederik W. Mohn 5I. Edward R. Muller 5J. Tan Ek Kia 5K. Jeremy D. Thigpen 6. Election of Merrill A. "Pete" Miller, Jr. as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for a Term Extending Until Completion of the Next Annual General Meeting E42972-P04398 Voting Items

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